Saturday, September 1, 2012

Lucille Ball and Mack Grey

Sorry I haven't been posting much, so here's an interesting bit of treat for you:

The following is a rare picture of young Lucille Ball and her ex-boyfriend Mack Grey in the early 1930s.

Many writers postulated that Lucille's movie career's progress was really slow from the beginning because of the people in her social group. Lucille had been part of the group of renowned "mobsters", including George Raft and Mack Grey. George Raft was known in Hollywood as being associated with mafias, and Mack Grey was his friend/bodyguard. As a result, no one in Hollywood dared to treat Lucy badly, but they were afraid of her because of the people who backed her up.

Those were the friends who were tough but extremely loyal towards their friends. I'm sure Lucille had mastered the traits from them. Lucille became a tough person in Hollywood, but she had been eternally grateful to those who had helped her along her way to stardom, and she respected and love these people till the end of her life.

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Hollywood- The Golden Era

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Lucille Ball

This is a blog dedicated to Lucille Ball, her life, movies, and I Love Lucy!

I sense a forlornness in you, nourished since a tender age. You knew what was funny, but seldom did you really laugh.You found a temporary felicity from your achievements, and through that someone- you opened up and gave your complete self.

You lost that gamble, your soul was set ablaze. That forlornness turned into a destructive monster, who buried your childlike and kind soul. Deep down, you longed it to be released. But the monster won.

Life- why was life full of misery? You didn't know as misery had been your best friend far too long. If only you had help.

I hope you've found happiness now.

Book and Video Reads

Love, LucyA BookBall of FireDesilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi ArnazLucy and Desi: The Legendary Love Story of Television's Most Famous CoupleI Loved Lucy: My Friendship with Lucille BallThe Lucy BookLaughing with Lucy: My Life with America's Leading Lady of ComedyLucy & Desi: The Real Life Scrapbook of American's Favorite TVLucille Ball FAQLucille Ball TreasuresLucy A to ZLucy at the MoviesThe I Love Lucy ScrapbookLucy and Desi: A Home Movie